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G Family Lib Josh Leaves the tIle Nest Nesta t Lh x u- u ui i i a sf- sf 11 1 7 t I L li NJ CJ c. n j vl e arid law Koch K ch n He didn't crry crr cry He kissed me good-by good and then split split- didn't even turn back Good said Lew trying to show interest but obviously in ina ina ina a hurry to get to a business meeting Talk to you later Dont Don't get me wrong I wanted Josh to go to nursery school As soon as he was trained I took him over to Young Ideas and introduced him to all the teachers Being very shy shy- he wouldn't actually talk to any of them but he was interested in rested in the toys and the paintings and the decorations made by the children At home I made up stories about Josh going to nursery school I drew a picture of the that would pick him up with the smiling teacher teach r inside I drew a picture of Josh coming home from nursery school with Mommy wait wait- waiting waiting waiting ing outside Gradually he became more favorably disposed to the idea of school He stopped saying Im rm not going to school every time the subject was broached He expressed anxieties anxieties anxieties ties Who will play with me there Can Cap I bring Pooh bear Will the other children try to grab Pooh We stopped at the school one more time before the big day This time Josh said hello to the teachers watched the children at tell show-and-tell time played in the sand and hesi hesi- hesitantly hesitantly hesitantly got en on the see-saw see with a little girl who was was crying crying for a partner When Monday morning came Josh was actually anxious to go In fact he wanted to leave before breakfast He put Pooh bear in a plastic bag for show and I kept waiting for him to say Im Tm not going goin going or Do I have to go go But he got right into his jacket flipping it over his head as Lisa had taught him and trotted off of cheerfully the minute minu e the little green tooted its horn I had helped him take that first big step toward ence Josh who used to hide in his room when new people came to to- visit Josh who resisted change and stubbornly clung to the familiar routine had gone without a whimper Now my mornings m would be free It was the first time in three years that I 1 had not sipped coffee to the familiar re re- refrain refrain re- re refrain frain Can you tell me how to get how to get to Sesame Street There would be hundreds of things to do of course But right now all I felt was a great big gaping silent space where Josh had been After all aU he could have cried just a little

G Family Lib Josh Leaves the tIle Nest Nesta t Lh x u- u ui i i a sf- sf 11 1 7 t I L li NJ CJ c. n j vl e arid law Koch K ch n He didn't crry crr cry He kissed me good-by good and then split split- didn't even turn back Good said Lew trying to show interest but obviously in ina ina ina a hurry to get to a business meeting Talk to you later Dont Don't get me wrong I wanted Josh to go to nursery school As soon as he was trained I took him over to Young Ideas and introduced him to all the teachers Being very shy shy- he wouldn't actually talk to any of them but he was interested in rested in the toys and the paintings and the decorations made by the children At home I made up stories about Josh going to nursery school I drew a picture of the that would pick him up with the smiling teacher teach r inside I drew a picture of Josh coming home from nursery school with Mommy wait wait- waiting waiting waiting ing outside Gradually he became more favorably disposed to the idea of school He stopped saying Im rm not going to school every time the subject was broached He expressed anxieties anxieties anxieties ties Who will play with me there Can Cap I bring Pooh bear Will the other children try to grab Pooh We stopped at the school one more time before the big day This time Josh said hello to the teachers watched the children at tell show-and-tell time played in the sand and hesi hesi- hesitantly hesitantly hesitantly got en on the see-saw see with a little girl who was was crying crying for a partner When Monday morning came Josh was actually anxious to go In fact he wanted to leave before breakfast He put Pooh bear in a plastic bag for show and I kept waiting for him to say Im Tm not going goin going or Do I have to go go But he got right into his jacket flipping it over his head as Lisa had taught him and trotted off of cheerfully the minute minu e the little green tooted its horn I had helped him take that first big step toward ence Josh who used to hide in his room when new people came to to- visit Josh who resisted change and stubbornly clung to the familiar routine had gone without a whimper Now my mornings m would be free It was the first time in three years that I 1 had not sipped coffee to the familiar re re- refrain refrain re- re refrain frain Can you tell me how to get how to get to Sesame Street There would be hundreds of things to do of course But right now all I felt was a great big gaping silent space where Josh had been After all aU he could have cried just a little